Morsels: Mushroom-growing workshop Saturday

Wednesday

Nov 28, 2012 at 7:50 AM

Mushroom-growing workshop SaturdayThe Environmental and Conservation Organization's Green Energy and Sustainability Committee is sponsoring a workshop titled "A Nutritious and Delicious Holiday: Grow Your Own Mushrooms" from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at the Deep Woods Mushroom Farm in Mills River. Participants will learn how to cultivate their own mushrooms at home. The seminar will be taught by Greg Carter of Deep Woods Mushrooms, an area mushroom expert. He will provide education on the benefit and ease of growing mushrooms at home, and participants can go home with their own inoculated logs to have for years to come. The logs contain varieties of Shiitake mushrooms. Carter developed the Deep Woods Mushroom Farm and his career in cultivating and educating about mushrooms after he realized he wanted it to be more than a hobby. He also educates people on finding wild mushrooms. Participants can drop in between 1 and 5 p.m. Registration is $15. An inoculated log will cost extra. To preregister, visit www.eco-wnc.org or call 828-692-0385 for more information.Asheville Wine Experience on SundayThe premiere edition of the Asheville Wine Experience is set for 6-9 p.m. Sunday at 661 Elk Mountain Scenic Highway.Join Chef Adam Hayes (first-place winner in Best Dish of N.C. 2012) and Philippe Bourgeois of Bourgeois Family Selections (a specialized French wine importing company) for a multi-course wine-infused sit-down dinner. Special introductory pricing is $125 a ticket, plus tax and gratuities.Call 828-301-2792 or 828-777-8916 or visit www.ashevillewineexperience for more information.Flat Rock holiday market on Dec. 8The Flat Rock Tailgate Market is offering its annual holiday market from 2-5 p.m. Dec. 8 in the new courtyard in front of Hubba Hubba Smokehouse and behind Hand in Hand Gallery in downtown Flat Rock. Vendors will offer a wide variety of baked goods, jams, jellies, honey, winter squashes and pumpkins, seasonal produce, cheeses, chicken, eggs, lamb and seafood.Guests can warm their hands by the fire and enjoy seasonal music performed by the Jazzberries while shopping at the event, which will feature many of the usual vendors of the Flat Rock Tailgate Market with a few new additions. Christmas trees, cut or balled for replanting, fresh wreaths or seasonal greenery, cranberry garlands and paperwhites for holiday blooms will be available for decorating.The event is free.The Flat Rock Tailgate Market is on Greenville Highway/225S, just south of the Flat Rock Playhouse, and is sponsored by the Flat Rock Merchants Association. Call 828-697-7719 for more information.Compiled from staff reports